{"id":2221700,"date":"2024-04-15T18:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-moves-to-sanction-iranian-terror-proxies\/"},"modified":"2024-04-15T18:47:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:47:53","slug":"house-moves-to-sanction-iranian-terror-proxies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-moves-to-sanction-iranian-terror-proxies\/","title":{"rendered":"House takes action against Iranian terrorist allies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-moves-to-sanction-iranian-terror-proxies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2221700&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A group of around 50 Republican House\u200d lawmakers have introduced a\u200d bill to sanction 11 Iranian terrorist proxy groups operating in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. This action comes in response to Iran launching missiles\u2063 at Israel through its allied militant\u2063 groups. The bill aims to designate these groups\u200b as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmaker-demands-investigation-into-actblue\/\" title=\"Lawmaker Demands Investigation Into ActBlue\">terrorist organizations<\/a>, holding them accountable for their actions in the region. A coalition of about 50 Republican House legislators\u200b has proposed a bill to impose sanctions on 11 Iranian terrorist proxy factions working \u2064in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. The move\u2063 follows Iran&#8217;s use of these\u200c groups to target Israel with \u200cmissiles. The bill\u200b seeks to label these groups as terrorist entities to ensure they are held responsible for their activities in the area.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<section id=\"article\">\n<article data-post-title=\"House Moves To Sanction Iranian Terror Proxies\" data-post-slug=\"http:\/\/squad-members-conflate-israel-with-iran-after-iranian-attack\" data-post-url id=\"print-1879518\">\n<div>\n<h2>Many missiles aimed at Israel were launched by Iran&#8217;s allied militant groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tIran&#8217;s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (Majid Saeedi\/Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A coalition of nearly 50 Republican House lawmakers on Monday filed legislation that would impose sanctions on 11 Iranian terrorist proxy groups operating across the Middle East, according to a copy of the bill obtained by the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Greg Steube (R., Fla.) and a coalition of his GOP colleagues filed the sanctions bill Monday evening following a weekend missile strike by Iran on Israel. Many of the missiles and drones fired by Tehran were launched by its allied militant groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>Steube\u2019s legislation targets several of the most dangerous Iranian allies, and will require the Biden administration to formally classify them as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/actblue-facilitating-donations-to-terror-tied-charity-legal-group-says\/\" title=\"ActBlue Facilitating Donations to Terror-Tied Charity, Legal Group Says\">designated terror organizations<\/a>. Currently, Iranian-controlled groups operating in Iraq, Yemen, and Syria are not formally classified as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-consider-enacting-statute-to-increase-punishments-for-domestic-terrorism\/\" title=\"Lawmakers consider enacting statute to increase punishments for domestic terrorism\">foreign terrorist organizations<\/a>, allowing them to do Tehran\u2019s bidding while moving money and weapons across the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Iran has long utilized proxy forces to execute their terror agenda throughout the region. Iranian proxy forces have American blood on their hands dating back decades,&#8221; Steube said in a statement provided to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>. &#8220;In addition to this weekend&#8217;s unprecedented attack directly from Iran on Israel, we\u2019ve seen ramped up, repeated proxy attacks on U.S. troops and our other allies in the Middle East.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The legislation targets groups like the Houthi rebels in Yemen and other militant offshoots operating in Iraq, where attacks on U.S. positions, including the American embassy, have increased since Hamas launched its Oct. 7 war on Israel. Around a dozen Iran-affiliated groups in total would be sanctioned under the provisions written into the bill, forcing the Biden administration to take concrete action that it has avoided in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Washington has failed to designate most of the Iranian-backed militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. No more excuses. We must combat terrorism with boldness and strength,&#8221; Steube said.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the bill, Secretary of State Antony Blinken would have to apply sanctions on Iran\u2019s terror proxies, including those that aid Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to attack American outposts in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department also would have to report to Congress on its efforts to enforce these sanctions and alert lawmakers if it detects any additional Iranian proxy groups that meet the requirements for a terror designation.\t<\/p>\n<p>The legislation is already supported by the Republican Study Committee (RSC), Congress\u2019s largest GOP caucus, indicating it is on track to receive widespread support and quick consideration in the Republican-controlled House. The bill is also likely to attract interest from Senate Republicans and could be considered by the upper chamber as lawmakers from both parties consider their response to Tehran\u2019s strike on Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As we have seen with the unprecedented attacks on Israel this weekend, there&#8217;s no real difference between Iran and its puppet militias,&#8221; Rep. Kevin Hern (R., Okla.), the RSC\u2019s chairman, said in a statement. &#8220;It\u2019s preposterous that we have not designated all of Iran\u2019s proxy militias as terrorist organizations. These militias have killed Americans and wreaked havoc in the Middle East and across the world. They are armed, funded and directed by the IRGC. They must be designated as terrorist organizations immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 50 Republican House members have proposed sanctions on 11 Iranian terror groups in Iraq, Syria, and Yemen. Allegedly, these groups launch missiles at Israel under the influence of Iran&#8217;s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2221701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/election-day-in-iran-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/election-day-in-iran-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2221701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}